Panda Bear (musician)

Panda Bear
Lennox performing in 2010
Background information
Birth name	Noah Benjamin Lennox
Born	(1978-07-17) July 17, 1978 (age 45)[1] Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.
Origin	Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Genres	Psychedelic pop electronic experimental pop
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Vocals drums percussion sampler guitar synthesizer
Years active	1998–present
Labels	Paw Tracks FatCat Domino Mistletone Catsup Plate St. Ives UAAR Soccer Star Outside
Website	pandabearofficial.com

Noah Benjamin Lennox (born July 17, 1978), also known by his moniker Panda Bear, is an American musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and co-founding member of the band Animal Collective. In addition to his work with that group, Lennox has released six solo LPs since 1999, with his 2007 album Person Pitch inspiring the chillwave genre and numerous other acts.^[2][3] His subsequent albums Tomboy (2011) and Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper (2015) both reached the Billboard 200.

Lennox was primarily raised in Baltimore, Maryland, where he sang tenor in his high school chamber choir, and studied piano and cello. The name "Panda Bear" derived from his habit of drawing pandas on his early mixtapes as a teenager. He and the other members of Animal Collective began collaborating in the late 1990s. He has also collaborated with other artists, including Daft Punk on their 2013 single "Doin' It Right" and Sonic Boom on the 2022 album Reset. Since 2004, he has lived in Lisbon, Portugal.